Obamas plan to release 400 million classified pages

Obamas plan to release 400 million classified documents

President Barack Obama plans to deal with a Dec. 31 deadline that automatically would declassify secrets in more than 400 million pages of Cold
War-era documents by ordering government-wide changes that could sharply curb the number of new and old government records hidden from the
public.

I went and listened to Obama Speak when he was campaigning. I got the distinct impression that he wanted the truth to come out. It is sure to take
time to sort threw 400 million documents, but I'm sure we will have some great fuel to add to the fire after this one. I believe disclosure is near!
i cant help but think of Pres. Regan's speech to the U.N. Exciting times!

There is a downside to this tho.... going through that info will keep me busy on ats for 4-5 YEARS

(seriously tho, the only reason he is probably going to do this is in order to cause a mess... as much fun as this would be for me on a level I don't
know we actually WANT to know the crazy stuff this govt has done, it could be a sure fire trip to revolution)

I guess I would be considered 'Right-Wing' and I see this as a positive step.

To the person that is complaining about the Mr. Obama quip in the article with the NY Times. It is standard protocol and completely acceptable to
address the president as such, once in the article then use Mr. in following references or even just the name without a salutation.

I am eager to see how this pans out. However I will retain a level of skepticism, as I will not allow myself to be let down again by one of his
promises. I do find it curious that he would make this effort to declassify such documentation, when every other aspect of his administration seems to
push a agenda that is clearly not transparent.

If it's possible for anyone else to re-visit the road we ALL just traveled together, we may (MAY) assume that this event has an alternate
intention.

I guess we will only understand what is going on when the documents become available. Albeit, damn if I get scorned again.

The D word is on the tip of my tongue. I dare not type it. I know what happens when one becomes to excited over speculative nonsense.
Maybe Obama can be the president that I thought he would be. We can only hope, eh? Time will tell. We may see tomorrow.

the wording of the articles almost lead me to believe that he has the option to veto this measure and hide the document once again. so far he has been
a straight shooter. he does what he say's for the most part.

3 to 4 years sounds about right, i wonder if it will be posted in a way that we will be able to search key words.....

the news report this morning said it could go back as far as WWII. project blue book, foo fighters, nazi ufo's, the missing Tesla documents?

I don't think Obama can order the truth to be told.
Not since JFK we should all realize this.
Well back to Truman if you will.
There are more important papers not even classified
that can't be touched:

There are those who also claim that Nikola Tesla 'knew nothing' about physics, etc. But I ask them to name another scientist for whom it can be
said that 'the contents of his safe, two truckloads of papers and apparatus from his hotel room and laboratory occupying a whole floor, and another
75 packing crates and trunks in a storage facility, and another 80 large storage trunks in another storage facility' (say FBI papers released under
the FOIA, 252 pages) have been concealed by the government for over 66 years to date, since Jan., 1943. Not one page of this huge quantity of
documents and apparatus has been declassified since 1943, excepting a couple of steamer trunks of 'historical' documents (150,000 pages) which were
released to Tesla's Yugoslavian heirs which represents the document collection of the present Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

And don't think an effort has not been made in a letter to Obama:

From: William R. Lyne July 27, 2009 Cerro Circle Lamy, New Mexico 87540 To: Barak Obama, President of the United States of America The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, As should be known, the future consequences predicted by competent analysts
relative to the increase in oil consumption in the United States show that there is an energy crisis of unparalleled proportions looming on our
horizon, which will only become progressively worse. New thinking is mandated by reality at this time, a true "industrial revolution in clean
energy" as your Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says.

Better than any 400 million classified documents made by liars could
ever accomplish to get us out of the hole that their lies dug for us.

ED: There it is right there recorded by the FBI.
Deny some more, talk straight.
We can't show you because of the "Death Beam" and HAARP.
Sure that's why. So lets hear it.

I have a feeling these are not going to be the documents most of us are either hoping they are wishing them to be.

On top of that, just because declassification of the documents occurs, does not mean the text within the documents will also be declassified. There
will be a lot of black lining in the vast majority of these documents. Most of the documents, I suspect will have to do with out-dated intelligence
gathered through out the years in regards to the Cold War.

Do not despair and lose hope, but do not put all your eggs in this basket as it probably has a large hole in the bottom.

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